Improvement in street-signs



H. S.v FINNEY.

. I Street-Sign. No. 160,891; j Patented March16,1875.

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HIRAM S. FINNEY, OF DETROIT, MICHIGAN.

IMPROVEMENT l'N STREET-SIGNS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 160,891, dated March16, 1875; application filed February 18, 1875.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HIRAM `SEYMOUR FIN- NEY, of Detroit, in the countyof Wayne and State of Michigan, have invented certain newl Vit pertainsto make and Iuse the same, reference being had to thev accompanyingdrawing, and to the letters of reference marked thereon, which form apart of this specification.

This invention relates to devices for indieating the names of streetsand avenues upon the street lamp-posts of cities; and the improvementclaimed herein consists of a signholder for lamps, having a ringprovided with two or more horizontal integral arms, with dovetailedseats and separate angle holders, secured to the arms by theseat-shoulders and screw-bolts, and having faces, upon which the namesof the streets are indicated, as also the numbers ot' the corner houses.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure l represents a view, inperspective, of my improved sign-holder applied to a lamp-post; Fig. 2,a top view with one of the sign-holders removed; Fig. 3, a sectionalview through one of the ring-seat arms and angled holders, and Fig. 4the dovetailed armed ring.

The ring A is made to t over and upon the post B just below the lamp. Ithas two or more horizontal arms, C, cast with it, and provided withdovetailed seats a, formed by the shoulders a', which receive theangle-arms 1) of the holders D, which carry the si gnfaces E b, uponwhich the names and numbers of streets and the numbers of the cornerhouses are indicated. The holders D are securely fastened in the seats aof the arms O by the shoulders a and bolts f, so that one sign may bemade at any time to give place to another without disturbing the other,and any tendency to break or snap, which would be the case were the armsand holders cast in one, is avoided. The seat-shoulders a brace the signlaterally, while the screw-bolts clamp them firmly in place. The ring Amay be seated upon the post-band; but where no such seat exists the ringmay be held in place by metallic wedges driven in between the lamp-postand the ring.

The sign-holder is strong and durable, and has many advantages, amongwhich is the construction of arms and holders in two pieces, and theirconnection by dovetailseat joint and bolt, rendering the support of thesign secure, besides having the capacity of readily chan g ing` signswhen required. The supplemental signs b, indicating the numbers of thecorner houses, may also be mentioned as a desirable and convenientfeature of my lamp-post streetf sign.

I claim- The si gn-holder for lamp-posts, consisting of the ring A, withtwo or more horizontal integral arms, O, having dovetail seats a a', andthe separate angle holders D D', secured to the arms by the dovetailseats and screw-bolts f, as set forth.

